Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT2 S4 Q1 Explanation

A major art theft from a museum

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TopicsPrinciple-Conform

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Stimulus

A major art theft from a museum was remarkable in that the pieces stolen clearly had been carefully selected. The criterion for selection, however, clearly had not been greatest estimated market value. It follows that the theft was specifically carried out to for whose private collection the pieces were destined.

What this question is testing

Principle-Conform

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
1.

The argument tacitly appeals to which one of the

Answer choices

  1. Trap9% picked this

    Any art theft can, on the evidence of the selection of pieces stolen, be categorized as committed either at the direction of a single

  2. Trap17% picked this

    Any art theft committed at the direction of a single individual results in a pattern of works taken and works left

  3. Correct70% picked this

    The pattern of works taken and works left alone can sometimes distinguish one type of

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

    Skill tested: Principle-Conform · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

  4. Trap4% picked this

    Art thefts committed with no preexisting plan for the disposition of the stolen works do not always involve theft of

  5. Trap1% picked this

    The pattern of works taken and works left alone in an art theft can be particularly damaging to the

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